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1) Only 26% of 50 students passed the exam. How many students failed
the test?
a. 37
b. 35
c. 33
b. 39
2) List the fractions 1/9, 2/15 and 3/15 from LEAST to GREATEST.
a. 3/21, 1/9, 2/15
b. 1/9, 3/21, 2/15
c. 1/9, 2/15, 3/21
d. 2/15, 3/21, 1/9
10) The value of the expression 3xy + 3y + 7 when x=2 and y=3 is:
a. 36
b. 42
c. 34
d. 40
14) A box holds 222 apples. How many apples are there in 20 boxes?
a. 4400
b. 4440
c. 4420
d. 4460
15) I sold 2/3 of my pencils for 0.25 each. I sold the remaining 8 pencils
at 0.25 per pair. How much money did I collect for the pencils?
a. 7.5
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
16) If a function is defined by the set of ordered pairs (1,2), (2,4), (3,8),
(4,16), (5,Y), then the value of Y is?
a. 10
b. 32
c. 20
d. 25
19) The amount of simple interest denoted by “I” paid by the bank on a
savings account, uses which of these formula?
a. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X months
b. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X years
c. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X years and X months
d. I = principal invested X annual rate of the interest
23) To find the perimeter (P) of a rectangle that has length of 16 inches
and a width of 12 inches, which of the following equations can be used?
a. P = 2(16)(12)
b. P = (16)+(12)
c. P = 2(16)+(12)
d. P = 2(16+12)
24) Which of the following illustrates the procedure and correct answer
of multiplying 2 1/2 X 3 2/3?
a. 3/5 X 6/3 = 9/5 X 30/5 = 270/5 = 54
b. 2/5 X 3/11 = 5/50 X 30/50 = 150/5 = 30
c. 5/2 X 11/3 = 55/6 = 9 1/6
d. 2/3 X 5/2 = 4/6 X 15/6 = 60/6 = 10
25) Six post office employees are working today. It takes one employee
one minute to serve one person. How long would you have to wait in the
line if you hold number 321?
a. 33 minutes
b. a half an hour
c. 20 minutes
d. 45 minutes
26) If you write all the whole numbers from 1 through 1,000, how many
numbers have the digit 4?
a. 400
b. 271
c. 264
d. 235
31) A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the area of a
square be computed if it has the same perimeter of the rectangle?
a. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 4.
b. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply by 4.
c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then square the quotient.
d. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 2.
32) The ration of men to women at Mabuhay High School is 3:7. If there
are 6,153 women in the said school, how many men are at Mabuhay
High School?
a. 2,051
b. 2,637
c. 879
d. 1,895
33) Mrs. Smith has 80 birds: geese, hens and ducks. The ration of geese
to hens is 3:1. 60% of the birds are ducks. How many geese does Mrs.
Smith have?
a. 24
b. 20
c. 25
d. 28
34) If each of the five members in a basketball team shakes hands with
every other member of the team before the game starts, how many
handshakes will there be in all?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 9
36) One scoop of fish food can feed 7 fish for two days. How many fish
can 6 scoops of fish food feed for a week?
a. 12 fishes
b. 14 fishes
c. 16 fishes
d. 18 fishes
37) Change the following percents to decimals: 23%, 5%, 3%, 3.5%.
a. 2.3, .500, .30, 30.5
b. .23, 50, 03, 3.05
c. .23, .05, .03, .035
d. .023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5
38) What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81,
87?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 16
d. 20
39) If Bob is exactly 33 years old on the 333rd day of this year, in what
month was he born?
a. October
b. December
c. November
d. September
ANSWERS:
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. B
20. C
21. C
22. D
23. D
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. D
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. B
32. B
33. B
34. C
35. C
36. A
37. C
38. D
39. C
40. D
MATHEMATICS (2)
1) Which statement is true?
a. √5 is a rational number
b. 0 is a positive number
c. √3 is a real number
d. √4 is an irrational number
4) The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold is known
as ________.
a. markdown
b. discount
c. net profit
d. invoice price
8) Which is proportion?
a. 5:4 = 15:12
b. 8:3 = 16:9
c. 4:5 = 12:10
d. ½:7 = 5:2
9) After receiving a 30% discount, Jay paid ₱210.00 for an item. What is
the regular price of the item?
a. ₱300
b. ₱350
c. ₱380
d. ₱400
10) Peter borrowed 15,000 from the bank at the rate of 12% per year.
How much will he owe the bank after 1.5 years?
a. ₱16,000
b. ₱16,700
c. ₱17,000
d. ₱17,700
12) John invested ₱5,000 in a certain business. How much will his
money be in 2 years if it earns 12% interest in a year?
a. ₱6,000
b. ₱6,100
c. ₱6,200
d. ₱6,300
14) The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and
English is in the ratio of 4:3:1. How many hours does each student spend
for Chemistry in a 24-hour review package?
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
d. 12
17) How many pieces of 7 ½ inches wire can be cut from a 31 ¼ ft roll
of wire?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 25
d. 50
20) A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 3 red balls, 4 white
balls and 5 blue balls. What is the probability that it is not blue?
a. ¼
b. ½
c. 7/12
d. 1
21) A salesman gets a 15% commission for the first ₱20,000, and 10%
for the amount over ₱20,000 of his total sales. How much does he get
for a total sale of ₱50,600?
a. 5,060
b. 6,060
c. 7,060
d. 8,060
22) A TV set that originally cost ₱20,000 is now sold at ₱18,000. What
is the percentage decrease in the price of the TV set?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
23) At 70 kph, Robin can reach his home within 50 minutes. At what
rate should he drive his car so that he can reach home 15 minutes
earlier?
a. 60 kph
b. 80 kph
c. 90 kph
d. 100 kph
24) A typist can finish 4 pages in 6 minutes. How long will it take for
him to finish 10 pages?
a. 20 minutes
b. 15 minutes
c. 10 minutes
d. 8 minutes
25) Four people can finish painting a room within 4 hours. If only 2
people are available, how many hours do they have to work to finish the
same job?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
27) Jean bought 5 kilos of rice worth ₱200 and another 4 kilos of rice
worth ₱144. What is the average price of rice per kilo?
a. ₱172.00
b. ₱172.11
c. ₱175.00
d. ₱175.11
30) Jack and Jill work as part of the service crew in one of the fastfood
chains. If their earnings were in the ration of 7:8 respectively, how much
did Jack earned when Jill had earned ₱6,400?
a. ₱6,200
b. ₱5,600
c. ₱5,800
d. ₱6,080
32) The value of the car has depreciated by ₱20,000. It is now worth
₱380,000. By how many percent did the value of the car decrease?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 25%
35) The area of the rectangle is 6x2, with length of 2x. Find the
perimeter.
a. 16x
b. 10x
c. 12x2
d. 18x
36) How many times will the digit 7 appear between 1 to 100.
a. 9
b. 20
c. 19
d. 11
38) Lito cut 4 ¼ yd of plastic cover from a bolt containing 35 1/8 yd.
How many yards were left in the bolt?
a. 31 ¼
b. 30 7/8
c. 31 1/8
d. 30 ¼
39) Find the final amount due in investing ₱50,000 at a simple interest
rate of 14.5% for 18 months.
a. ₱60,875
b. ₱50,875
c. ₱60,900
d. ₱50,900
41) At what rate of interest should ₱2,400 be invested so that it will earn
₱80 in 8 months?
a. 6.5%
b. 5.5%
c. 5%
d. 6%
42) What is the single equivalent discount rate of the discount series 5%,
10% and 25%?
a. 40%
b. 35.9%
c. 64.1%
d. 60%
43) The product of 2 whole numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1:4. Which
of these is the smaller number?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 8
d. 9
46) How much commission does a salesman get if he was able to sell
₱35,000 worth of jewelry and he is given a 15% of it?
a. ₱5,300
b. ₱5,325
c. ₱5,250
d. ₱5,425
47) How much should a man deposit in a bank at 6% simple interest rate
if he wants to earn ₱1,200 a year?
a. ₱10,000
b. ₱30,000
c. ₱15,000
d. ₱20,000
50) A movie ticket cost ₱500 during a premiere night, and ₱320 during
the regular show. What is the percentage decrease in the price of the
ticket?
a. 30%
b. 36%
c. 24%
d. 28%
ANSWERS:
1. C
2. B - 7 is the thousandths digit. 1 is the thousand digit.
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. B - 1/8 x 100% = 12.5%
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. D
17. D
18. B
19. C
20. C
21. B
22. A
23. D
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. D
28. D
29. D
30. B
31. D
32. A
33. D
34. A
35. B
36. B
37. B
38. B
39. A
40. D
41. C
42. B
43. A
44. C
45. C
46. B
47. D
48. A
49. C
50. B
MATHEMATICS (3)
2) A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller
piece to the larger piece?
a. 7:13
b. 65:35
c. 35:100
d. 65:100
5) Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price what will 2½ dozen mangoes
cost?
a. ₱217.50
b. ₱188.50
c. ₱348.50
d. ₱870.00
8) 10 - 3 2/17 = __________
a. 7 2/17
b. 6 2/17
c. 6 1/17
d. 6 15/17
10) Which is the sum of the infinite progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ?
a. 6½
b. 5½
c. 4½
d. 7½
13) Which are the next three terms in the progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . .
. 7 terms?
a. -2, 6, -26
b. -3, 7, -27
c. -4, 8, -28
d. -1, 5, -25
15) Benjamin received his report card with the following grades: 93, 88,
80, 86 and 89? What is the average grade?
a. 86
b. 87
c. 86 1/5
d. 88
16) The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound side of beef and had it
packaged. They paid ₱365.00 for the side of beef. During the packaging,
75 pounds of beef were discarded as waste. What was the cost per pound
for the packaged beef?
a. ₱2.08 per pound
b. ₱2.50 per pound
c. ₱2.06 per pound
d. ₱2.30 per pound
17) If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 games, at the
same rate how many home runs can he expect to hit during the 162-
game season?
a. 38
b. 42
c. 36
d. 40
18) During a recent shopping spree, Tomas and Nena bought some new
accessories for their apartment. Nena chose a crocheted throw pillow at
₱24.95, and Tomas purchased a rural landscape painting for ₱135.00.
How much did they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their
purchases?
a. ₱171.15
b. ₱139.25
c. ₱159.95
d. ₱148.75
19) You buy a new refrigerator for ₱12,800.00 and make a down
payment of ₱2,500.00. If you finance the remainder at 8% annually for
three years, how much will you actually pay for the refrigerator?
a. ₱12,190.00
b. ₱10,300.00
c. ₱12,772.00
d. ₱15,272.00
20) To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items correct.
Out of 80 questions, how many must she correctly answer?
a. 55
b. 60
c. 65
d. 70
23) In how many ways can you arrange three mathematics books
(Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) in order on a shelf?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 12
d. 24
24) One package is 100 pounds, and the other is 150 pounds. The weight
of the second package is how many times that of the first?
a. 1½ times heavier
b. ½ as heavy
c. 10 pounds heavier
d. 20 pounds heavier
25) How many gallons of water will fill a fish tank that is 18 inches by
12 inches by 48 inches? (There are 231 cubic inches per gallon). Round
your answer to the nearest gallon.
a. 45 gallons
b. 40 gallons
c. 47 gallons
d. 38 gallons
26) What are the next four numbers in this sequence 8, 5, 4, 9,17, ___,
___, ___, ___?
a. 4, 3, 2, 1
b. 5, 4, 3, 2
c. 6, 3, 2, 0
d. 3, 2, 1, 0
27) What day follows the day before yesterday if 2 days from now will
be Sunday?
a. Tuesday
b. Saturday
c. Wednesday
d. Thursday
28) How much larger is the supplement of a 57 degree angle than the
complement of a 75 degree angle?
a. 108 degrees
b. 18 degrees
c. 105 degrees
d. 123 degrees
30) Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5
inches and 12 inches?
a. 17in.
b. 13 in.
c. 11in.
d. 20 in.
31) A tenant as awarded a house and lot package worth ₱180, 000.00.
She has to pay package for 20 years at 9% per annum. How much will
the house and lot cost after 20 years?
a. ₱604, 000
b. ₱504, 000
c. ₱704, 000
d. ₱500, 00
33) Julio son is graduating. He sent his son three packages of 8 ½ kg, 10
¼ and 2 ½ kg. What is the total of the packages sent?
a. 20 ¼ kg
b. 21 ¼ kg
c. 18 ½ kg
d. 23 2/2 kg
35) Write the ratio in the lowest term two hours to 30 minutes
a. 2:15
b. 2:4
c. 2:30
d. 4:1
40) The meat sent by air cargo is 1,340 pounds. The weight was
computed into kilogram determine the kilogram of the cargo.
a. 0090 kg
b. 609.09 kg
c. 61 kg
d. 00.908 kg
41) How do you determine the total length of the clothing materials if
there are 7 2/10 meter and 15 4/5 meter available?
a. 18 ½ m
b. 23 m
c. 18 m
d. 18 ¼ m
42) Eight men can paint a 3 unit army school building in 3 days. How
many more units will 12 men pain of this building?
a. ½
b. 1 ½
c. 2
d. 1
43) Only 682 examinees passed in a Pharmacists Licensure Examination
out of 2550 examinees. What is the passing percentage?
a. 26.5%
b. 26%
c. 26.7%
d. 26.8%
45) A rice field is divided into four sections. Each section is 25 meters
by 38 meters. Get the perimeter of each section.
a. 152 m
b. 126 m
c. 156 m
d. 146 m
47) The host had only 8 ¼ gallons of ice cream to serve. Upon arrival of
the guest she served 3 ½ gallons. How many gallons are left for the late
corners?
a. 5 ¼ gallons
b. 4 ½ gallons
c. 4 ¾ gallons
d. 4 1/8 gallons
49) The first prize of ₱40,000,000 was shared by 16 winners. How much
will each claim?
a. ₱2,500,000.00
b. ₱2,800,000.00
c. ₱3,000,000.00
d. ₱2,700,000.00
50) The harvest of corn is ₱8.00 per kilograms. The whole harvest total
worth is ₱10,000.00. How many kilograms was the corn harvest?
a. 1,050 kg
b. 1,250 kg
c. 2,000 kg
d. 2,250 kg
1. D
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. A
19. D
20. B
21. D
22. A
23. A
24. A
25. A
26. A
27. A
28. A
29. D
30. A
31. B
32. B
33. B
34. A
35. D
36. B
37. B
38. A
39. C
40. B
41. B
42. B
43. C
44. A
45. B
46. B
47. C
48. A
49. A
50. B